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The 1910s

Whose names filled the books of the 1910s - anyone at all, however long dead - counted as mentions per million words printed, so a period that simply published more does not inflate anyone.

Talked about then

Whose names appeared most in Italian books during the 1910s, whenever they lived.

  1. 1Dante Alighieri1265-1321 · 14th century · Writers7.1
  2. 2Leonardo da Vinci1452-1519 · 15th century · Italy · Artists5.3
  3. 3Antonio da Correggio1489-1534 · 16th century · Italy · Artists3.7
  4. 4Giotto1267-1337 · 14th century · Italy · Artists3.7
  5. 5Giuseppe Mazzini1805-1872 · 19th century · Italy · Activists3.5
  6. 6Donato Bramante1444-1514 · 15th century · Italy · Architects2.8
  7. 7Pietro Perugino1448-1523 · 15th century · Italy · Artists2.5
  8. 8Ugo Foscolo1778-1827 · 19th century · Writers2.5
  9. 9Galileo Galilei1564-1642 · 16th century · Italy · Scientists2.1
  10. 10Giosuè Carducci1835-1907 · 19th century · Italy · Writers2.0
  11. 11Alessandro Manzoni1785-1873 · 19th century · Italy · Writers1.9
  12. 12Caravaggio1571-1610 · 17th century · Italy · Artists1.8
  13. 13Benedetto Croce1866-1952 · 20th century · Italy · Academics1.8
  14. 14Donatello1386-1466 · 15th century · Artists1.8
  15. 15Francesco Crispi1818-1901 · 19th century · Italy · Politicians1.7
  16. 16Giuseppe Verdi1813-1901 · 19th century · Italy · Musicians1.7
  17. 17Giordano Bruno1548-1600 · 16th century · Italy · Academics1.6
  18. 18Silvio Pellico1789-1854 · 19th century · Writers1.5
  19. 19Luigi Luzzatti1841-1927 · 19th century · Italy · Politicians1.5
  20. 20Giacomo Leopardi1798-1837 · 19th century · Italy · Writers1.5
  21. 21Giovanni Pascoli1855-1912 · 19th century · Italy · Writers1.4
  22. 22Farinelli1705-1782 · 18th century · Italy · Musicians1.4
  23. 23Francis of Assisi1182-1226 · 13th century · Italy · Writers1.3
  24. 24Charles Borromeo1538-1584 · 16th century · Italy · Religious Figures1.3
  25. 25Grazia Deledda1871-1936 · 20th century · Italy · Writers1.3
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Lived then

The most notable people whose working lives fell in the 1910s, ranked where coverage and readership agree.

  1. 1Albert Einstein1879-1955 · Switzerland · Scientists11 decades
  2. 2Joseph Stalin1878-1953 · Russia · Politicians9 decades
  3. 3Franklin D. Roosevelt1882-1945 · United States · Politicians10 decades
  4. 4Benito Mussolini1883-1945 · Italy · Politicians11 decades
  5. 5Harry S. Truman1884-1972 · United States · Politicians9 decades
  6. 6Pablo Picasso1881-1973 · Spain · Artists10 decades
  7. 7Franz Kafka1883-1924 · Czechia · Writers11 decades
  8. 8Helen Keller1880-1968 · United States · Writers14 decades
  9. 9Leon Trotsky1879-1940 · Mexico · Activists10 decades
  10. 10Carl Jung1875-1961 · Switzerland · Doctors8 decades
  11. 11Virginia Woolf1882-1941 · United Kingdom · Writers10 decades
  12. 12Mustafa Kemal Atatürk1881-1938 · Turkey · Politicians2 decades
  13. 13Eleanor Roosevelt1884-1962 · United States · Politicians9 decades
  14. 14Thomas Mann1875-1955 · United States · Writers12 decades
  15. 15Douglas MacArthur1880-1964 · United States · Historical Figures10 decades
  16. 16Pope John XXIII1881-1963 · Italy · Religious Figures14 decades
  17. 17Pope Pius XII1876-1958 · Italy · Religious Figures8 decades
  18. 18Coco Chanel1883-1971 · France · Designers6 decades
  19. 19Konrad Adenauer1876-1967 · Germany · Politicians8 decades
  20. 20James Joyce1882-1941 · Ireland · Writers12 decades
  21. 21Muhammad Ali Jinnah1876-1948 · Pakistan · Politicians8 decades
  22. 22Mata Hari1876-1917 · Netherlands10 decades
  23. 23Aleister Crowley1875-1947 · United Kingdom · Writers7 decades
  24. 24Hermann Hesse1877-1962 · Switzerland · Writers12 decades
  25. 25Reza Shah1878-1944 · Iran · Politicians10 decades
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How to read these rankings

  • Attention, not reputation. A place on these lists reflects the attention a person still draws in the public record. It is not a judgement on the life.
  • Fame in print. The curves show how often a name appeared in the books of each decade from 1800 to 2019, drawn from the Google Books Ngram corpus.
  • Gaps are left as gaps. Where the record is too thin to be fair, we would rather show nothing than guess.